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For example, the following command creates a password file named ACCT.PWD that allows up to 30 privileged users with different passwords. The file is initially created with the password SECRET for users connecting as SYSOPER or SYSDBA:

ORAPWD FILE=acct.pwd PASSWORD=secret ENTRIES=30

Following are descriptions of the parameters in the ORAPWD utility.
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PASSWORD
This parameter sets the password for SYSOPER and SYSDBA. If you issue the ALTER USER statement to change the password after connecting to the database, both the password stored in the data dictionary and the password stored in the password file are updated. The INTERNAL user is supported for backwards compatibility only. This parameter is mandatory.

For example, the following command creates a password file named ACCT.PWD that allows up to 30 privileged users with different passwords. The file is initially created with the password SECRET for users connecting as SYSOPER or SYSDBA:

ORAPWD FILE=acct.pwd PASSWORD=secret ENTRIES=30

Following are descriptions of the parameters in the ORAPWD utility.
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--------------
PASSWORD
This parameter sets the password for SYSOPER and SYSDBA. If you issue the ALTER USER statement to change the password after connecting to the database, both the password stored in the data dictionary and the password stored in the password file are updated. The INTERNAL user is supported for backwards compatibility only. This parameter is mandatory.

ENTRIES
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What say you Julian?

I would say again the same: Internal is an alias for SYS, SYSDBA and SYSOPER are previligies, not users.